[DISCUSS] eliminate vetoes on personnel votes

2012-01-30 Thread Joe Schaefer
It is clear that with all the turmoil of late and people lightly tossing around -1's that the notion of having veto authority over personnel matters makes little sense on this PMC.  Therefore I propose we adopt the policy that personnel votes are by straight majority consensus, iow no vetoes allowe

Re: [DISCUSS] eliminate vetoes on personnel votes

2012-01-30 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
+1 from me. Sent from my iPhone On Jan 30, 2012, at 4:07 PM, "Joe Schaefer" wrote: > It is clear that with all the turmoil of late and people > lightly tossing around -1's that the notion of having veto > authority over personnel matters makes little sense on this > PMC. Therefore I propose we

Re: [DISCUSS] eliminate vetoes on personnel votes

2012-01-30 Thread Chris Douglas
+1 -C On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 4:10 PM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) wrote: > +1 from me. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jan 30, 2012, at 4:07 PM, "Joe Schaefer" wrote: > >> It is clear that with all the turmoil of late and people >> lightly tossing around -1's that the notion of having veto >> autho

Re: [DISCUSS] eliminate vetoes on personnel votes

2012-01-30 Thread Greg Stein
+1 I've never liked vetoes for this. One person can hold an entire PMC hostage simply for disliking someone (or worse: subtle corporate concerns masked otherwise). People have said in the past, "you should have veto so you're not forced to work with somebody you dislike." I respond, "grow up. we w

Re: [DISCUSS] eliminate vetoes on personnel votes

2012-01-30 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 1/30/2012 6:06 PM, Joe Schaefer wrote: > It is clear that with all the turmoil of late and people > lightly tossing around -1's that the notion of having veto > authority over personnel matters makes little sense on this > PMC. Therefore I propose we adopt the policy that personnel > votes are

Re: [DISCUSS] eliminate vetoes on personnel votes

2012-01-30 Thread Joe Schaefer
gt; To: general@incubator.apache.org > Cc: Joe Schaefer > Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 8:34 PM > Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] eliminate vetoes on personnel votes > > On 1/30/2012 6:06 PM, Joe Schaefer wrote: >> It is clear that with all the turmoil of late and people >> lig

Re: [DISCUSS] eliminate vetoes on personnel votes

2012-01-30 Thread Dave Fisher
Sent from my iPhone On Jan 30, 2012, at 5:34 PM, "William A. Rowe Jr." wrote: > On 1/30/2012 6:06 PM, Joe Schaefer wrote: >> It is clear that with all the turmoil of late and people >> lightly tossing around -1's that the notion of having veto >> authority over personnel matters makes little s

Re: [DISCUSS] eliminate vetoes on personnel votes

2012-01-30 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 1/30/2012 7:41 PM, Joe Schaefer wrote: > Lemme get this straight: a person who makes a class-action > veto against a whole swath of people should have those votes > upheld to protect that person from the tyranny of the majority? No. Joe, take a break. Then come back, and reread both threads,

Re: [DISCUSS] eliminate vetoes on personnel votes

2012-01-30 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 1/30/2012 7:44 PM, Dave Fisher wrote: > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jan 30, 2012, at 5:34 PM, "William A. Rowe Jr." > wrote: > >> On 1/30/2012 6:06 PM, Joe Schaefer wrote: >>> It is clear that with all the turmoil of late and people >>> lightly tossing around -1's that the notion of hav

Re: [DISCUSS] eliminate vetoes on personnel votes

2012-01-30 Thread Joe Schaefer
- Original Message - > From: William A. Rowe Jr. > To: general@incubator.apache.org > Cc: > Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 8:47 PM > Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] eliminate vetoes on personnel votes > > On 1/30/2012 7:44 PM, Dave Fisher wrote: >> >> >>

Re: [DISCUSS] eliminate vetoes on personnel votes

2012-01-30 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 1/30/2012 7:51 PM, Joe Schaefer wrote: > - Original Message - > >> From: William A. Rowe Jr. >> To: general@incubator.apache.org >> Cc: >> Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 8:47 PM >> Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] eliminate vetoes on personnel votes >

Re: [DISCUSS] eliminate vetoes on personnel votes

2012-01-30 Thread Joe Schaefer
- Original Message - > From: William A. Rowe Jr. > To: general@incubator.apache.org > Cc: > Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 9:01 PM > Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] eliminate vetoes on personnel votes > > On 1/30/2012 7:51 PM, Joe Schaefer wrote: >> - Original

Re: [DISCUSS] eliminate vetoes on personnel votes

2012-01-30 Thread Alan D . Cabrera
On Jan 30, 2012, at 4:06 PM, Joe Schaefer wrote: > It is clear that with all the turmoil of late and people > lightly tossing around -1's that the notion of having veto > authority over personnel matters makes little sense on this > PMC. Therefore I propose we adopt the policy that personnel > v

Re: [DISCUSS] eliminate vetoes on personnel votes

2012-01-30 Thread Alan D. Cabrera
On Jan 30, 2012, at 5:41 PM, Joe Schaefer wrote: > This is getting sillier by the moment... I don't care for these kinds of statements. Please try to keep the conversation civil. Regards, Alan - To unsubscribe, e-mail: g

Re: [DISCUSS] eliminate vetoes on personnel votes

2012-01-30 Thread Alan D. Cabrera
On Jan 30, 2012, at 6:06 PM, Joe Schaefer wrote: > - Original Message - > >> From: William A. Rowe Jr. >> To: general@incubator.apache.org >> Cc: >> Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 9:01 PM >> Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] eliminate vetoes on personnel vo

Re: [DISCUSS] eliminate vetoes on personnel votes

2012-01-30 Thread Dave Fisher
Sent from my iPhone On Jan 30, 2012, at 7:47 PM, "William A. Rowe Jr." wrote: > On 1/30/2012 7:44 PM, Dave Fisher wrote: >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Jan 30, 2012, at 5:34 PM, "William A. Rowe Jr." >> wrote: >> >>> On 1/30/2012 6:06 PM, Joe Schaefer wrote: It is clear that

Re: [DISCUSS] eliminate vetoes on personnel votes

2012-01-30 Thread Greg Stein
On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 23:53, Alan D. Cabrera wrote: > On Jan 30, 2012, at 4:06 PM, Joe Schaefer wrote: >> It is clear that with all the turmoil of late and people >> lightly tossing around -1's that the notion of having veto >> authority over personnel matters makes little sense on this >> PMC.

Re: [DISCUSS] eliminate vetoes on personnel votes

2012-01-31 Thread Emmanuel Lecharny
On 1/31/12 3:06 AM, Joe Schaefer wrote: - Original Message - From: William A. Rowe Jr. To: general@incubator.apache.org Cc: Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 9:01 PM Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] eliminate vetoes on personnel votes On 1/30/2012 7:51 PM, Joe Schaefer wrote: - Original

Re: [DISCUSS] eliminate vetoes on personnel votes

2012-01-31 Thread Ross Gardler
On 31 January 2012 00:06, Joe Schaefer wrote: > It is clear that with all the turmoil of late and people > lightly tossing around -1's that the notion of having veto > authority over personnel matters makes little sense on this > PMC.  Therefore I propose we adopt the policy that personnel > votes

Re: [DISCUSS] eliminate vetoes on personnel votes

2012-01-31 Thread Martijn Dashorst
On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Ross Gardler wrote: > On 31 January 2012 00:06, Joe Schaefer wrote: >> It is clear that with all the turmoil of late and people >> lightly tossing around -1's that the notion of having veto >> authority over personnel matters makes little sense on this >> PMC.  T

Re: [DISCUSS] eliminate vetoes on personnel votes

2012-01-31 Thread Christian Grobmeier
On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Ross Gardler wrote: > On 31 January 2012 00:06, Joe Schaefer wrote: >> It is clear that with all the turmoil of late and people >> lightly tossing around -1's that the notion of having veto >> authority over personnel matters makes little sense on this >> PMC.  T

Re: [DISCUSS] eliminate vetoes on personnel votes

2012-01-31 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
Hi Guys, On Jan 31, 2012, at 1:17 AM, Emmanuel Lecharny wrote: >>> >> Oh, so you want a supermajority in terms of those who have voted, not in >> terms of the membership of the IPMC? Not unreasonable. Let's see what >> others think. > > I would easily +1 a proposal with a 3/4 majority of the *

Re: [DISCUSS] eliminate vetoes on personnel votes

2012-01-31 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 1/30/2012 6:06 PM, Joe Schaefer wrote: > It is clear that with all the turmoil of late and people > lightly tossing around -1's that the notion of having veto > authority over personnel matters makes little sense on this > PMC. Therefore I propose we adopt the policy that personnel > votes are

Re: [DISCUSS] eliminate vetoes on personnel votes

2012-01-31 Thread Jukka Zitting
Hi, On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 1:06 AM, Joe Schaefer wrote: > Any other rational opinions? I don't recall a case where a candidate was not elected because of an unnecessarily strict -1. All I'm seeing now is abstract discussion about hypothetical votes and a lot of hot air. I'd go for a policy vot

Re: [DISCUSS] eliminate vetoes on personnel votes

2012-01-31 Thread Greg Stein
On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 11:58, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) wrote: > Hi Guys, > > On Jan 31, 2012, at 1:17 AM, Emmanuel Lecharny wrote: >>> Oh, so you want a supermajority in terms of those who have voted, not in >>> terms of the membership of the IPMC?  Not unreasonable.  Let's see what >>> othe

Re: [DISCUSS] eliminate vetoes on personnel votes

2012-01-31 Thread Joe Schaefer
- Original Message - > From: William A. Rowe Jr. > To: general@incubator.apache.org > Cc: Joe Schaefer > Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 12:11 PM > Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] eliminate vetoes on personnel votes > > On 1/30/2012 6:06 PM, Joe Schaefer wrote: >> It

Re: [DISCUSS] eliminate vetoes on personnel votes

2012-01-31 Thread Joe Schaefer
ing > To: general > Cc: > Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 12:18 PM > Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] eliminate vetoes on personnel votes > > Hi, > > On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 1:06 AM, Joe Schaefer > wrote: >> Any other rational opinions? > > I don't recall a ca

Re: [DISCUSS] eliminate vetoes on personnel votes

2012-01-31 Thread Greg Stein
On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 12:18, Jukka Zitting wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 1:06 AM, Joe Schaefer wrote: >> Any other rational opinions? > > I don't recall a case where a candidate was not elected because of an > unnecessarily strict -1. All I'm seeing now is abstract discussion > about

Re: [DISCUSS] eliminate vetoes on personnel votes

2012-01-31 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 1/31/2012 11:38 AM, Joe Schaefer wrote: > > Plainly wrong: It has been repeatedly established (even by the Chair) > that policy decisions here are not subject to veto. This is one of those > times. > Furthermore the documentation [1] clearly points out that procedural issues > are to be deci

Re: [DISCUSS] eliminate vetoes on personnel votes

2012-01-31 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 1/31/2012 11:12 AM, Greg Stein wrote: > > I'm a little unclear on wrowe's original message talking about > "supermajority" and whether that was for *addition* or for *removal*. > I'm assuming that it was only about addition because I've never seen > any PMC-based ejection of a PMC member. The B

Re: [DISCUSS] eliminate vetoes on personnel votes

2012-01-31 Thread Joe Schaefer
- Original Message - > From: William A. Rowe Jr. > To: Joe Schaefer > Cc: "general@incubator.apache.org" > Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 1:12 PM > Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] eliminate vetoes on personnel votes > > On 1/31/2012 11:38 AM, Joe Schaefer wrote:

Re: [DISCUSS] eliminate vetoes on personnel votes

2012-01-31 Thread ant elder
On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 5:18 PM, Jukka Zitting wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 1:06 AM, Joe Schaefer wrote: >> Any other rational opinions? > > I don't recall a case where a candidate was not elected because of an > unnecessarily strict -1. All I'm seeing now is abstract discussion > abo

Re: [DISCUSS] eliminate vetoes on personnel votes

2012-01-31 Thread Daniel Shahaf
Greg Stein wrote on Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 12:12:50 -0500: > In that light, we're talking about "what kinds of voting results > should be forwarded by the Chair?" If the Chair sends a request to the > Board to add somebody and reports "5 +1 votes, 2 -1 votes"... would > that be sufficient? 2/3rds or

Re: [DISCUSS] eliminate vetoes on personnel votes

2012-01-31 Thread Greg Stein
On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 13:20, Daniel Shahaf wrote: > Greg Stein wrote on Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 12:12:50 -0500: >> In that light, we're talking about "what kinds of voting results >> should be forwarded by the Chair?" If the Chair sends a request to the >> Board to add somebody and reports "5 +1 vo

Re: [DISCUSS] eliminate vetoes on personnel votes

2012-01-31 Thread Jukka Zitting
Hi, On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 6:43 PM, Joe Schaefer wrote: > There are currently 29 outstanding no votes made on > a discussion thread merely for the fact that those > candidates names were listed. I count those as votes once I see them in an actual VOTE thread. We've had similar VOTEs earlier, th

Re: [DISCUSS] eliminate vetoes on personnel votes

2012-01-31 Thread Doug Cutting
On 01/30/2012 05:12 PM, Greg Stein wrote: > I've never liked vetoes for this. One person can hold an entire PMC hostage > simply for disliking someone (or worse: subtle corporate concerns masked > otherwise). People have said in the past, "you should have veto so you're > not forced to work with so

Re: [DISCUSS] eliminate vetoes on personnel votes

2012-01-31 Thread Christian Grobmeier
On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 9:52 PM, Doug Cutting wrote: > On 01/30/2012 05:12 PM, Greg Stein wrote: >> I've never liked vetoes for this. One person can hold an entire PMC hostage >> simply for disliking someone (or worse: subtle corporate concerns masked >> otherwise). People have said in the past, "

Re: [DISCUSS] eliminate vetoes on personnel votes

2012-01-31 Thread Roy T. Fielding
On Jan 31, 2012, at 12:52 PM, Doug Cutting wrote: > On 01/30/2012 05:12 PM, Greg Stein wrote: >> I've never liked vetoes for this. One person can hold an entire PMC hostage >> simply for disliking someone (or worse: subtle corporate concerns masked >> otherwise). People have said in the past, "you

Re: [DISCUSS] eliminate vetoes on personnel votes

2012-01-31 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 1/31/2012 3:28 PM, Roy T. Fielding wrote: > > Having said that, I should note that the context of Incubator is > significantly different than a normal PMC. If incubator wants to structure > itself more like a board and less like a project, I really don't have > much to say against that. Note

Re: [DISCUSS] eliminate vetoes on personnel votes

2012-01-31 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
Hi Roy, On Jan 31, 2012, at 1:28 PM, Roy T. Fielding wrote: > On Jan 31, 2012, at 12:52 PM, Doug Cutting wrote: > >> On 01/30/2012 05:12 PM, Greg Stein wrote: >>> I've never liked vetoes for this. One person can hold an entire PMC hostage >>> simply for disliking someone (or worse: subtle corpor

Re: [DISCUSS] eliminate vetoes on personnel votes

2012-01-31 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 1/31/2012 5:05 PM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) wrote: > > In replacement, I propose the following concrete actions: > > 1. Move the Incubator process/policy/documentation, etc., to ComDev - I > agree with gstein on this. I think it could be maintained by the ASF community > folks there, and upda

Re: [DISCUSS] eliminate vetoes on personnel votes

2012-01-31 Thread Donald Whytock
May I suggest bumping thoughts of cashiering the incubator to its own thread? It seems a much bigger question than whether to prevent vetoes on PPMC membership votes. Don On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 6:21 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: > On 1/31/2012 5:05 PM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) wrote: >> >> In